What does coffee-house mean?
Coffee-house means Alternative form of coffeehouse..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of coffeehouse..
[…] Miniſters are ſo wiſe to leave their Proceedings to be accounted for by Reaſoners at a Diſtance, who often mould them into Syſtems, that do not only go down very well in the Coffee-Houſe, but are Supplies for Pamphlets in the preſent Age, and may probably furniſh Materials for Memoirs and Hiſtories in the next.
He did not conceive how, upon so solemn a day, they could permit this fine church to be converted into a Roman coffee-house, where people met for pleasure; […]
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Coffee-house means Alternative form of coffeehouse..
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[…] Miniſters are ſo wiſe to leave their Proceedings to be accounted for by Reaſoners at a Diſtance, who often mould them into Syſtems, that do not only go down very well in the Coffee-Houſe, but are Supplies for Pamphlets in the preſent Age, and may probably furniſh Materials for Memoirs and Hiſtories in the next.
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